pronounce verb
1 make the sound of a word/letter
ADV. clearly, distinctly | correctly, properly
VERB + PRONOUNCE can, know how to I don't know how to pronounce the name of the town. | be difficult to
PREP. as ‘Gone back’ is sometimes pronounced as ‘gom back’. | as in She pronounded the ‘o’ as in ‘no’.
2 state sth
ADV. confidently Press reports beforehand confidently pronounced that an agreement had already been reached.
PREP. in favour of The committee has pronounced in favour of the merger. | on/upon I do not feel competent to pronounce on this matter.
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